Creating a forum?

Question

CMS

I've been nurturing the idea of ​​creating my own forum for a year now. Since I have no experience in writing code. I think to do it on a ready-made CMS Flarum solution . The topic is narrow-minded. I know that the forums are not particularly relevant now, but there is a feeling that in 1-2 years they will be popular again. Since people are slowly realizing that large corporations and social. networks are watching them. These people will be in search of a more secluded place, so to speak, where anonymity comes first. Interested in your opinion on this matter.
PS Do not think that I'm paranoid. It's just that the topic of anonymity really worries me and I think soon many people will have the same thing.

Answer 1

For a private alternative to corporate social media , search for the keywords "federated social networks", "decentralized social networks", "distributed social network" and "fediverse".
For Internet anonymity , search for "anonymous networks" and "overlay networks".
Wikipedia, Habr and other resources to help you.

Answer 2

I know that the forums are not particularly relevant now, but there is a feeling that in 1-2 years they will be popular again. Since people are slowly realizing that large corporations and social. networks are watching them.

The percentage of such is small and insignificant. We need to think not in the direction of creating platforms in the form of forums, etc., but in the direction of creating applications for a mobile platform, where the web is moving at a rapid pace. You don’t need to look far for examples, the same social. networks.